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“I have always had a love for American geography, and especially for the landscapes of the South. One of my pleasures has been to drive across it, with no one in the world knowing where I am, languidly absorbing the thoughts and memories of old moments, of people vanished now from my life.”
Source : Willie Morris (2011). “The Courting of Marcus Dupree”, p.20, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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“Like most ghetto kids I knew it was important to be 'somebody' so I became a good soccer player, because excelling at a sport seemed to make you special.”
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“Childhood may have periods of great happiness, but it also has times that must simply be endured. Childhood at its best is a form of slavery tempered by affection.”
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“There is an emerging scientific consensus that global warming is making hurricanes more intense and more destructive. It turns out that Katrina fits into a pattern that scientists and greens have been trying to warn us about for a long time.”
Source : "Hurricane Katrina - an environmental 9/11?". JohannHari.com, September 3, 2005.
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“Art means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of power which holds it hostage.”
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“Sometimes fake laughing is hard once you've done a scene 18 times. I don't want to brag, but I have a reputation for being very, very good at that. It's funny finding what's challenging about acting as you go.”
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“You can't help putting a lot of yourself into the image and when it's printed the reader can spend hours getting it out.”
Source : Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. January 26, 2010. 
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“When we got to the moron who was sitting in the only path to the stairway, Adam caught my waist and lifted me over before stepping over the man himself. “Scott?†Adam said as we headed upstairs. “Yeah?†“Unless someone shoots you, skins you, and throws the results on the floor, I don’t want to see you lying in the walkway again.†“Yessir!”
